Is “Penal Populism” Really Populist? Evaluating Penal Legislation in Post-redemocratization Brazil
SAGE OpenFor over two decades, “penal populism” has been trying to explain the major developments in penal policy around the world. As a theoretical model, it is often seen as synonymous with an unrestrained growth of punishment-oriented thinking.
Gabriel Silveira de Queirós Campos
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The explanation of the main characteristics of penal populism and examples of penal populism in some criminal law provisions and planned amendments of the Criminal Code of Serbia [PDF]
Crimen (Beograd)The article explains the main characteristics of penal populism as one very interesting criminological phenomenon and the basic manifestations of penal populism in some amendments and provisions of the Criminal Code of Serbia.
Škulić Milan, Lukić Natalija
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A Right-Wing Populist Turn in the Conservative Party of Canada? Continuities and Ruptures Under the Leadership of Pierre Poilievre (2022-2025). [PDF]
Can Rev SociolABSTRACT Since his election as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) in 2022, Pierre Poilievre has been associated with populism in media and political discourse, with implicit and explicit comparisons to Donald Trump. This article investigates the validity of such assessments by applying “complex” theories of populism, which conceptualize ...
Peker E, Laxer E, Vivès R.
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Penal Populism and the Failure of Its Core Claims
Discover Global SocietyContemporary criminal justice systems have been consistently reliant on punitive measures, often justified on grounds of effectiveness and/or public support.
Othmane Bourekkadi, Najib Elarraj
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The correlation between sanction adjustments and drunk-driving violations and related outcomes in Taiwan: A nationwide interrupted time series analysis. [PDF]
AddictionAbstract Background and aims Drunk‐driving accounts for a significant portion of traffic crashes in Taiwan. From 2008 to 2013, both the Taiwan Legislative Yuan and the federal administrative agencies collaborated to increase drunk‐driving penalties.
Kuo LW +9 more
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The Facilitators Package, penal populism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from Italy
New Journal of European Criminal Law, 2020 The past 20 years have witnessed an increase in the attention that the international, national and European policy responses have devoted to irregular immigration and transnational organised crime, with the Facilitators Package being among the ...
Marta Minetti
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Social Fear of Crime and Its Consequences [PDF]
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2020 Social fear of crime is a phenomenon of interest to scientific disciplines. The present study draws primarily on the achievements of criminology. It shows that there are different ways of interpreting fear of crime, explaining its causes and responding ...
Leszek Wilk, Bogdan Fibinger
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Politics of Anxiety, Politics of Hope: Penal Populism and Duterte's Rise to Power
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 2016 Citizens who support populist leaders are often portrayed in negative terms. They are disparaged for their prejudice and naiveté, some even earning the label “basket of deplorables” from Hillary Clinton.
Nicole Curato
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When Is an Increase in Criminal Legislation Necessary? Emphasis on Economic Criminality Discussions
Laws, 2021 The objective of this article is to answer the question of when an increase in criminal legislation is necessary. To this end, a review was conducted on the positions that deal directly or peripherally with increases in criminal legislation, with a focus
Edison Carrasco-Jiménez
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What is punitive populism? A typology based in media communication
Matrizes, 2021 Punitive populism refers to political leaders’ use of tough-on-crime rhetoric and policies to win elections and popular support. Yet, this basic definition does not capture the range of ways the practice manifests itself.
Michelle Bonner
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